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Whittington charity tale recalls two gold dollars
The piece follows Mr Whittington and his wife teaching charity to their daughters Nellie and Lizzie. The girls donate two gold dollars to fund an orphanage and the coins are sold to support a child for a year. The family later visits the home of the children helped, meeting a boy and girl who benefited from their generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Whittington
Boston
Mand
Nelly
Papa
Nellie
Lizzie
Mr. Whitttington
Ile
Liezie
Ime
Sumner
Senate
Fessenden
Gen
Bidwell
California
Morsie
Highy
McRuer
Henderson
Ashley
Pacific Coast
Thad. Stevens
House
Congress
Advics
Conness
Macerville
Pacific Railroad
Nevada
Stewart and
Nye
Legisla
Wilson
Massachusetts
Maine
Washington
Doolittle
Wisconsin
United
United States
Dureau Illjas
Sea Island
S. Garfield
Washington Territory
Territory
John Wilson
Peoria
Mincha
Antwerpt
Nathaniel Spear
Indiana
Florida
Pitt Henry Warren
Iowa
Guntamala
Freedmen’s Bureau
Kentucky
Stevens
Nage
Carolina Sea Islands
Burlington and
Missouri River
Mra. Lincoln
Reconstruction Committee
Roccarion
Caume
Nelson
Pope
Pestalozsi
John Pounds
Tuscany